“Autoannientamento degli ebrei” e tecnica moderna. Per una rilettura dei Quaderni Neri heideggeriani

Abstract

What is the meaning of the passages in the Black Notebooks (Notes I–V) in which Martin Heidegger seems to speak of the “self-annihilation of the Jews”? Should such statements be regarded as a form of antisemitism, and if so, how are they related to his philosophy as a whole?
This article offers a theoretical reinterpretation of Heidegger’s Reflections and Notes from the period 1930-1948, arguing that these controversial remarks are intrinsically linked to his conception of modernity and technology. Within this framework, they appear as part of a broader, internally coherent philosophical system – one that nonetheless reveals certain lexical and conceptual tensions.
By situating these statements within Heidegger’s critique of modern rationality and the ego cogito, the paper reaffirms the theoretical significance of the Black Notebooks for any philosophical inquiry into the essence of technology.